Wiring i only got one 12 dual voice coil insignia speaker whats the best way to hook it up to 760pioneer mono amp

need more info to what ohm load your wiring it to? if its a single voice coil or dual voice coil subwoofer?. also... what amp you are using and what's the power rating with number of channels? or.. is it a mono amp?

Wiring the voice coils and speakers both in parallel like this:
http://imgur.com/furO9yh
will be stable at 1 ohm mono.

Wiring the voice coils in series and the speakers in parallel like this:
http://imgur.com/jHSvmVU
Will be stable at 1, 2 or 4 ohms mono

I'm guessing ur subs are 4ohms by the way

Here are 2 ways. A dual 4 ohm works the same but the ohms is double for mono output

First you cannot run 2 dvc 4 ohms at 2 ohms its either 1 ohm or 4 ohm. and yes you should bridge them better performance and power. i have looked it up for you and this is your 2 options at running your subs.

OK what you are saying now is that your speakers are dual voice coil; models? 4 Ohms per Coil? I have always used single 4 Ohm Voice ciol speakers since amps are mostly based on 4 Ohm outputs. but you can get 8 Ohm dual voice coil subs also. With 8 Ohms per coil you can get 4 Ohms if you parallel the wires. What is best for you and will get you the most stable power and still will be in the specs of that amp is to run the amp in BRIDGED MODE running each subs voice coils in series with each other then run those 2 subs in parallel to the amplifier giving it a 4 Ohm load. So, your will have two sets of wires from your amp 1 for each speaker. Then you will take a short piece of wire that will connect the + to the - of each voice coil then hook up the wires from your amp to each sub What it will be is 4 Ohms + 4 Ohms = 8 Ohms per speaker the 8 Ohms in parallel each speaker to the Bridged amp output using just the + from one channel and the - from the other will give you a total of 4 ohms and power out put of 600 Watts so that ends up being 150 watts per voice coil or 300 watts each speaker

one way if you want to run it off 1 channel is to wire one voice coil to the other making sure +goes to +, and -goes to -,then wire your amp to one of the coils, but i found just running each coil to a seperate channel on the same amp was the best way,

Here are a couple of diagrams 2+4 ohm dual voice coil wiring.

Option 1 (parallel/parallel) = 1 ohm load
Voice coils wired in parallel, speakers wired in parallel
Recommended Amplifier: Stable at 1 ohm mono
Option 2 (series/parallel) = 4 ohm load
Voice coils wired in series, speakers wired in parallel
Recommended Amplifier: Stable at 4, 2, or 1 ohm mono

Option 1 (parallel/parallel) = 0.5 ohm load
Voice coils wired in parallel, speakers wired in parallel
Recommended Amplifier: Stable at 1/2 ohm mono
Option 2 (series/parallel) = 2 ohm load
Voice coils wired in series, speakers wired in parallel
Recommended Amplifier: Stable at 2 or 1 ohm mono
Option 3 (series) = 8 ohm load
All voice coils wired in series
Recommended Amplifier: Stable at 4, 2, or 1 ohm mono

Well without seeing a spec sheet on the amp and not knowing your voice coil impedance I will assume the following. If the speaker is dual 4 ohm voice coil the in parallel it would present a 2 ohm impedance to the amp. If this amp is stable down to 2 ohms bridged then that would be the hookup of choice. If it is not stable to two ohms with one speaker it will be tough to get full performance out of your amp. You would have to series the voice coils which would then present an 8 ohm impedance to the amp. Just look at your amp's manual before making the decision. My suggestion would be to get another one of those subwoofers parallel the voice coils on each then wire the two subwoofers in series. This would give you a 4 ohm load which your amp is almost certain to be able to drive.

yor subs have dual 6 ohm voice coils from the sound of it-your amp is rated at 650 watts rms at a 1ohm load. The best you can do with the equipment you have is to wire ALL the coils of your subs in parallel and that will give you a 1.5 ohm load for the amp.It should knock the hell outta them with 300 watts on each sub - good luck

Mamola,

Get an amp with at least 200 Watts RMS. The RMS value is what is important about driving Subs. This could be proclaimed to be a 1000 Watt amp. REad the RMS value.

Wiring. It is better to series your Speakers to give them and your amp more reliability,

Get a Mono or Bridgeable amp. If it si bridgeable, BRidge the output as described in the manual you get. Some Amps have a diagram right on the output..

AMP+ to Sub1 +
Sub1 - to Sub2 +
Sub2 - to Amp -

Get a 4 Guage wring kit. Run your power wiring down the Drivers side, and Audio signal wiring down the Passenger side, keep the two separate.